So slightly better than RC Bray? The bar for audio books is *extremely* low. I switched from being a prolific reader to a prolific listener (mostly sci-fi and fantasy) as my family duties had me hauling kids around to activities for hours a day multiple times a week. It's amazing to me how many more novels I just can't get into due to the narrator. I greatly look forward to the day where I can choose my own AI narrator for audio books. With a few notable exceptions, AI generated narration would be a significant improvement.
Shots fired lol. I don’t think he is that bad, though he does narrate some absolutely trash books (looking at you Helldivers).
I greatly respect and appreciate a good narrator but I think I’m with you, I have some really bad examples of narrators for books I like that I’d gladly replace if given the option. Even better if I can train the AI on narrators I really like. Heck, I’d pay some kind of licensing fee to use their “voice likeness” if that was a thing.
I don't listen to novels, and my experience isn't the same as yours. I have listened to hundreds of human narrated books and only had poor experiences once or twice due to the narration.
A quick listen of a couple of these recordings reveals some of the worst robotic renderings possible.
Sorry, team, these are awful.